LeafGreen and FireRed also sound awkward and they were kept the same.
I guess you are right.
LeafGreen and FireRed also sound awkward and they were kept the same.
He was no doubt thinking of HeartGold and SoulSilver, as Generation V is not going to be announced until next year at the earliest.IGN: The Pokemon series has stayed very similar throughout its lifespan. Are there plans to revamp the game and give it an overhaul?
Masuda: Yes, I understand that people talk about the strength and weakness of the series. And we always make our effort to increase the good things about Pokemon. There is something we want to improve and enhance all the time. There are lots of ideas out there and we want to make that idea realized to enhance the gameplay of Pokemon. There is some day soon that we can make an announcement about new stuff, so that's something you can look forward to.
LOL, we've been already speculating for two years in this thread- let alone independent speculation dating from 2003 (when FR/LG were first announced).
And hooray!! Pokémon Johto is my favorite opening <3
Now that the games have been announced, I'd like to point out definitively that Masuda may have very well been working on these games for three years now, as he was absent from Platinum's development team. It is also quite clear that even the members credited for developing Platinum, had been doing other things in the two years leading to its release (counting from the beginning of the generation). The number of new features in the remakes should reflect this.
When an IGN interviewer seemed to make a point of the lack of innovations in Platinum, Masuda's reply was surprisingly revealing. As a reminder:
He was no doubt thinking of HeartGold and SoulSilver, as Generation V is not going to be announced until next year at the earliest.
The same IV/natures/EV system as the other 4th gen titles, but this is a given
Move Tutors
A Battle Tower or Frontier
Contests
The IV man from Emerald should return
Gym Leader rebattles
Elite 4 second wave
More post-national dex areas to explore besides Kanto; this could include but not be limited to the Sevii Islands
The FR/LG style Pokédex in addition to the usual one
Fame Checker
Item Deposits in the PC
Saving money with your Mom
Pokéradar
VS Seeker
D/P/Pts Berry Growing System
The little area visuals when you enter a place from FR/LG
Swarms
All Johto Pokémon should be available pre-national dex and should be used by trainers and more importantly gym leaders to showcase them properly. No Gen III or IV Pokémon pre-national dex, but evolution items such as the Shiny Stone could be available post-national dex in-game. Both Lugia and Ho-oh would be capturable. Entei and Raikou would be runners but Suicune could be involved in a Crystal-like plot with Eusine.
Kanto should not be the watered down Kanto; Viridian Forest and Mount Moon and the road to the Indigo Plateau should all be restored to their former glory at the very least. Likewise, Cinnabar Island could be restored although at least there was some in-game reason why it was the way it was, same with the Seafoam Islands.
Birth Island and Faraway Island should be present as item triggered events in the same vein as Emerald. Shaymin could also have an event through Kanto's white rock. Jirachi could get an Island. Navel Island could be adapted to allow Kyogre, Rayquaza and Groudon to be available as legends in the absence of Ho-oh and Lugia. Mewtwo could be a legend or else Cerulean Cave could be re-opened. Celebi would be made available through a Wi-Fi distributed GS ball.
I would, however, prefer a spinoff Wii game (Stadium: HGSS) which would act as game's Battle Frontier... But that's unlikely...
Don't agree on this one. They would seem out of place in the remake. FR/LG was perfectly fine without them... I don't know, I just don't want them... Not in Johto/Kanto, at least.
I'm hoping for Sevii here. I want to see them changed after three years. Also, I hope that the game DOES NOT incorporate any brand new region. I want to see familiar places only!
Don't get this one... You mean - two Pokedex designs to choose? Or do you mean that evolution chain browsing? It would be useful, I agree.
NO! NO! NO! It will make the phone useless. I prefer phone... maybe with more numbers...
Agree on this almost completely. Except Suicune. The games mascots are Lugia and Ho-oh. Not Suicune.
No. It will outshine Johto. I really want to see the lessened Kanto. I don't want to see FR/LG Kanto again. And NO! NO Cinnabar! It would be an useless kick in Pokemon games continuity. Not to mention that there is NOTHING in Cinnabar that would have any purpose in GSC. So, better not... The only places I would like to have opened (after completing some quest) are: Safari Zone, Silph Co. and Radio Tower (at least people aren't screaming for Ghost Tower to go back...). Mt. Moon and Rock Tunnel aren't really useful and obligatory dungeons anymore. No need to remap them. Victory Road could be made more difficult, though... Seafoam should be kept as a Gym, though they might remap it and put Trainers into it, in order to make it more challenging.
I don't see Hoenn Trio on an island. Those three require plot to be caught...
Cerulean Cave? NO! Mewtwo could either escape to Sevii or be just an event giveaway.
I would, however, prefer a spinoff Wii game (Stadium: HGSS) which would act as game's Battle Frontier... But that's unlikely...
Don't agree on this one. They would seem out of place in the remake. FR/LG was perfectly fine without them... I don't know, I just don't want them... Not in Johto/Kanto, at least.
Can't imagine the Hoenn-trio though. Not very likely in my opinion.
The VS-seeker isn't needed when you have a phone available.
Hey, now that we've had Gigas requiring the other golems, and Crystal had Ho-Oh requiring the beasts... this could be why Pt has the birds in the first place. Lugia needs them.
Hey, now that we've had Gigas requiring the other golems, and Crystal had Ho-Oh requiring the beasts... this could be why Pt has the birds in the first place. Lugia needs them.
Also, a new Battle revolution would allow us to Wii it up with our good friends Origin Forme Giratina, Sky Shaymin, Notch-Ear Pichu and yonder toaster ghost of lore, Rotom. And whatever else may or may not be introduced.![]()
I think at this point, Genus Snority has a new RPG lined up, probably with some expanded multiplayer, to be released in the next 2 years.
Battle Revolution is already the Battle Frontier on Wii.
The games state contests take place in both Kanto and Johto, and it's a little absurd you can't find any proof of that.
The VS-Seeker allows you to rebattle any trainer on the overworld, while the phone function only allowed that to happen with a handful of specific trainers.
Because it kills any relation with DPPt. It's like... a completely different world from the main games. While the Stadium games felt like awesome extension of main games, with the world being set in the main game reality. But, you're right, we have PBR, so Nintendo (or whoever behind them) will be too lazy to make such game.
The contest that Daisy won mentioned in one of Pokemon Journals in FR/LG? It was also mentioned that it was a several years old Pokemon Journal issue. The Contests may not be in Kanto and Johto anymore. And seriously, I just can't associate Contests with GSC reality. With all those Contest things and items, they'll just uselessly ruin the remake.
That's what I mean. If VS Seeker was there, the Phone would not be needed anymore because all trainers would be already rematchable with the Seeker. Those two just don't exist next to each other...
The names HeartGold and SoulSilver sounds very spiritual. I personally like those names.
I personally thought that the Stadium games felt more like the anime than the games.
Just like all those islands, new moves, and the Trainer tower and all those Gen III berries and crap ruined FireRed and LeafGreen! Damn them!
Phone = Swarms, instead of having to rely on the darn TV in your rival's house.
Contests, however, are a different thing because they require all those things like accessories, Contest items, poffins and all that stuff needed for the Contests. That would mean reworking the game strongly (and putting giant Contest Hall somewhere in Johto) which simply does not work with GSC reality.
So, don't compare addition of Contest to trans-generational updates and adding new places.
Did I forget the game forcing you to take place in contests? Is 2-minutes of an NPC giving you some extra items really going to ruin the game for you?
Yeah, I'm not forced to participate in a contest. And that's why Contest are generally a gimmick. Introducing them in the anime was indeed a revolution, in the games, it was not.
And yes, a big Contest Hall and tons of additional things for contest CAN ruin the game. I'm expecting to see old good Johto in HGSS. Even if no one forces me to enter/use those things, they don't fit my view (and not only my one, I believe) of a perfect Pokemon GS remake.
Yeah, I'm not forced to participate in a contest. And that's why Contest are generally a gimmick. Introducing them in the anime was indeed a revolution, in the games, it was not.
And yes, a big Contest Hall and tons of additional things for contest CAN ruin the game. I'm expecting to see old good Johto in HGSS. Even if no one forces me to enter/use those things, they don't fit my view (and not only my one, I believe) of a perfect Pokemon GS remake.
Also, including of Pokemon Contests in Johto will add one technical problem to the game - Ribbons! Hoenn and Sinnoh have the regions of its acquiring mentioned in the description, so reusing old ribbons would not work. And since there are no Johto ribbons in DPPt data, it would be a big problem. Of course, they already have the same problem with items but I think I know a way to (partially) solve it. Also, the items may always be taken out of Pokemon. Ribbons can not.